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Subject: Re: Good news! Silicon carbide will revolutionize the electronics indust

Author: martin fierz

Date: 00:56:04 08/27/04

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On August 26, 2004 at 12:02:43, Eran Karu wrote:

[snip]

>A computer with Pentium or AMD 10000 Mhz or more will be too hot for the current
>chip - it won't be efficient.

no, it will melt within seconds :-)

>That is why I think a much more powerful computer
>that contains silicon carbide chip will be robust and efficient that withstands
>very high heat and high voltage. Don't you think it is good news for us? ;-)

do you mean this part?

"This breakthrough could pave the way for far more efficient electronic devices,
and for devices that would operate in conditions too harsh for pure silicon: in
fuel regulators inside jet engines, for example, or out in space."

wow - you will be able to play against your chess computer inside a jet engine!

cheers
  martin



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